The Des Moines Symphony has announced 25-year-old Jared McCarty from Bussey as the winner of this year’s “Oh Say Can You Sing?” competition. McCarty will perform the National Anthem with the Des Moines Symphony at the 20th annual Yankee Doodle Pops concert on July 3 at the Iowa State Capitol.
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Posted June 26, 2013in Sound Notes
Posted June 19, 2013in Sound Notes
Do you have kids? If so, do they like music? If you answered yes to the first question and no to the second, you’re a dirty, dirty liar. Make up for it by taking the young ones to see Justin Roberts and the Not Ready for Naptime Players do its
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Posted June 12, 2013in Sound Notes
The Des Moines Social Club is hosting “Artquake” on June 27 at the Firehouse. The interactive art and music event will feature performances from Tires, Satellite State and the debut of Dickweed, featuring Poison Control Center front man Patrick Tape Fleming and former Pavement glue man Bob Nastonavich. More information
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Posted June 05, 2013in Sound Notes
Sound Notes Pick o’ the Week
As summer festival fans are already aware, Kanrocksas — the financially troubled Kansas City, Kan., music festival — has canceled its 2013 show due to low ticket sales. Anyone who had previously purchased a Kanrocksas festival ticket can receive $10 off the purchase of 80-35 Music Festival two-day passes. Just
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Posted May 29, 2013in Sound Notes
Sound Notes Pick o’ the Week
Nitefall on the River has announced the addition of Dwight Yoakam to the 2013 summer season. Yoakam will play the Simon Estes Amphitheater on Wednesday, July 31 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the show will go on sale on Friday, May 31 and are $40 in advance, available through www.ticketfly.com.
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Posted May 22, 2013in Sound Notes
Sound Notes Pick o’ the Week
Local music on the airwaves has been in a state of upheaval of late. First, “Iowa Unsigned” host Benny Black left Ames’ FM-105.1 for a morning show in Chicago. Now, Channel Q’s other local stalwart, Tony Tarbox is putting an end to his local career, heading in the other direction
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Posted May 15, 2013in Sound Notes
Sound Notes Pick o’ the Week
Wooly’s kicks off the coverage week with a big show on Thursday, May 16. On that evening, First Fleet Concerts and Metro Concerts Live come together to present Mushroomhead, performing along with Corvis, Lydia Can’t Breathe, Ionia, This Sudden Darkness, The Boomstick Revival and Apathy Syndrome. Tickets are $18 in
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Posted May 15, 2013in Cover Story, Rap Sheet, Sound Notes
Chasing the storm
It was a phenomenon that defines irony: A town was put on the map for being all but wiped clean of it. It was five years ago, almost to the day, that Iowa made national headlines when the town of Parkersburg was ravaged by an EF5 tornado. It was an
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Posted May 08, 2013in Sound Notes
Sound Notes Pick o’ the week
More 80/35 band announcements. The Des Moines Music Coalition has added to its roster of bands for the festival, being held July 5 and 6 in downtown Des Moines. New to the lineup are: Menomena, Apollo Brown and Guilty Simpson, Escondido, The Pines, Water Liars, Maxilla Blue, Prissy Clerks, H.D.
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Posted May 01, 2013in Sound Notes
Sound Notes Pick o’ the Week
Iowa Public Radio and the Des Moines Music Coalition have kicked off this year’s 80/35 play-in. For the next week, the selected bands will play live on IPR’s Studio One, with one band ultimately being selected to perform on the main stage of this year’s 80/35 music festival. The event
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